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      phil.davis
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      https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Upgrading_via_Shell_%28old%29

      I have a remote site that is really difficult to upgrade (slow internet…) so I am doing that by first fetching the firmware upgrade file onto the CF card as per this doc. Then once I get it there and confirm it is OK, I can do the upgrade.

      The doc says:

      fetch -o /root/firmware.tgz http://example.com/image.tgz

      Good - and I can find the right file at https://updates.pfsense.org/_updaters/latest-nanobsd-2g.img.gz
      The example could mention "https:"

      Then it says:

      /etc/rc.firmware pfSenseupgrade /tmp/firmware.tgz

      The 2nd parameter should be /root/firmware.tgz

      Edit add:
      And for nanoBSD the firmware upgrade command is:

      /etc/rc.firmware pfSenseNanoBSDupgrade /tmp/firmware.tgz

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        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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        I went ahead and fixed it , though using option 13 from the console menu is preferable to using those old instructions

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          phil.davis
          last edited by

          Thanks, the instructions are good now, specially the nanoBSD extra bit.
          Agree, better to use the menu option 13.

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